† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWaimeaHawaiiUnited States
Japanese7.6%11.7%0.2%
Filipino7.0%14.3%0.9%
Chinese1.2%4.1%1.3%
Korean0.4%1.4%0.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.8%0.6%
Asian Indian0.2%0.2%1.4%
Thai0.2%0.2%—
German6.2%5.8%12.5%
English6.2%5.1%9.5%
Irish4.6%4.7%9.4%
Portuguese4.6%3.2%—
Italian1.9%2.1%4.8%
French1.2%1.2%1.6%
Scottish1.1%—1.3%
Norwegian1.1%——
Puerto Rican4.1%3.3%1.8%
Mexican3.5%3.4%11.3%
Spanish1.4%1.3%—
Spaniard0.8%0.7%—
Chilean0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Waimea
Hawaii
United States
Median age
42.5
41
39.1
Age 18–24
4.5%
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.3%
20.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Waimea
Hawaii
United States
Median household income
$100,198
$100,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.3%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.6%
36.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Waimea
Hawaii
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
34.4%
24.7%
22.3%
Spanish
3.2%
2.1%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.7%
0.3%
0.7%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
4.4%
4.4%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
22.8%
11.6%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Waimea
Hawaii
United States
Catholic
—
18.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
8.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
59.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Waimea, Hawaii
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+26.4%
2008
+56.0%
2012
+53.0%
2016
+42.3%
2020
+42.6%
2024
+25.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
61.8%Harris2,521
35.9%Trump1,463
2.3%
D+25.9
R+16.6
D+27.4
4,079
D
70.1%Biden3,215
27.5%Trump1,263
2.4%
D+42.6
D+0.3
D+38.1
4,586
D
66.1%Clinton2,265
23.8%Trump816
10.1%
D+42.3
R+10.7
D+40.2
3,429
D
75.3%Obama2,510
22.3%Romney744
2.3%
D+53.0
R+3.0
D+49.1
3,332
D
77.2%Obama2,743
21.1%McCain751
1.7%
D+56.0
D+29.6
D+48.8
3,554
D
63.0%Kerry1,889
36.6%Bush1,097
0.4%
D+26.4
—
D+28.9
2,998
Waimea sits in the saddle between Kohala and Mauna Kea, where a ranching economy and a sizable Native Hawaiian population shape a community demographically distinct from the island's coastal resort corridors.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.0 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 16.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.9 points.
A population of 9,286, a 20% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,198 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Makawao and Lahaina.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Waimea, Hawaii voted Democratic by 25.9 points (D+25.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,079 votes cast, 2,521 went Democratic and 1,463 went Republican.
How many people live in Waimea, Hawaii?
Waimea, Hawaii has a population of 9,286 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Waimea, Hawaii?
Median household income in Waimea, Hawaii is $100,198 — above the national median of $80,734. The Hawaii state median is $100,389.
What is the political history of Waimea, Hawaii?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Waimea, Hawaii from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
